The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-30 00:00:00

AUSTRIAN ARMY. " If we are," states the Courrier Francais, " to credit the information that reaches us from Germany, it would aupear that Austria contemplates to raise her standing army to about 490,000 men, including the active militia, a sna.rinzum which it had not attained since 1830, for during -the last two years she could hardly dispose of 400,000 men. Now that augmentation cannot well be effected, without in curring expenses which her financial situation .will not ad mit. That Power, after devoting large sums to the pur chase of an immense war materiel, and the raising of forti fications, appeared disposed to economise ; loans will now become indispensable, and yet their success is very doubt ful. The following is a statement of the force M. de Met ternich wishes to exhibit to Europe, in spite of the pacific dispositions and saving ideas of his august master : Infantry—Troops of the line, to be completed 230.000 men. Light Infantry Battalions of the Lanwehr in active servic , Artillery and engineers Cavalry Frontier regime - ats, ready to take the ncld Total 489,000 " Now, if we take into account the necessity of garri soning certain places, and leaving an army of occupation in Italy and Poland, we shall find that one half that number will be necessary for those purposes ; and that Austria, even if she can put on foot so large a force, would, in case of emergency, have no very formidable army to bring into the field. It would have been preferable for her to econo mise on the troops of the line, and increase her Landwehr, according to the plan proposed by th e A rc hduke ; but the policy of Russia prevailed, to the prejudice of the real in terests of Austria." NAZARETH. I perceived at my feet at the bottom of a valley hol lowed out like a basin or a small lake, the white and gracefully grouped houses of Nazareth on the two side, and at the extremity of this basin. The Greek church, the high minaret of the Turkish mosque, the long thick walls of the convent of the Latin fathers, were all at once perceptible ; a few streets formed of smaller houses, but of an elegant and oriental shape, were grouped round these larger edifices and animated with the noise and the movements of life. All around this valley or basin of Nazareth were seen clumps of the high thorny nopal ; fig trees deprived of their autumnal leaves, with green and yellow light-leaved pomegranates—the whole giving a freshness and a grace to the landscape, like the flowers of the field round a village altar. God alone knows what passed at that moment in my heart ; but by spontaneous, and, as it were, an involuntary movement, I found myself on my knees, at the feet of my horse, upon one of the blue and dusty paths of the precipice we were descending. I remained, I sup pose, several minutes in silent contemplation, wherein all the thoughts of my life as a Sceptic or a Christian, rushed upon my mind with such confusion, that it was impossible to class them ; these words alone escaped my lips :—" And the word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us." I pro nounced them with the sublime, profound, and trrateful sen timent they are calculated to inspire : the place, b indeed, suggests them so naturally, that I was struck, on arriving in the evening at the sanctuary of the Latin Church, to find them engraven in letters of gold on the marble table of the subterranean altar, in the house of Mary and Joseph. Having made this exclamation, bowing my head respect fully to the earth which had given birth to Christ, I kissed it in silence, and moistened with tears of repentance, of love, and hope, that soil which had seen so many shed, which has imbibed so many, and from which I invoked a portion of truth and love.—La Martine. David Anthony, who was found guilty at Down Assizes on Thursday of the murder of William Ryan, at Newry, on the 15th of December last, was executed on Sa turday in front of Downpatrick Gaol. Anthony, although young in years, was old in crime. He had been engaged in upwards of 40 robberies, but stated that he never had imbrued his hands in blood before the last fatal transaction, and that be had no intention at the time of killing Ryan, but that be was determined, in case of resistance, to take the life of his victim. He confessed the crime for which he was to suffer some time after his condemnation.—lrish Paper. The late mysterious affair in L-e, which has terminated so fatally, still continues an engrossing theme of conversation. The general statement seems to be that the unfortunate lady, who had been married but a few years, had suffered, uncomplainingly, extreme personal cruelty; and after her demise there were marks of injuries discovered, which tended to prove the assertion. Her father had at length re solved to withdraw her from this unfortunate union ; but it was then too late, as she died heart broken within five days after her removal. This is the form in which the tragic story has gone abroad, the accuracy of which none but the parties themselves can decide ; but we sincerely hope, when the first gi ief for her loss is over, that some statement may be made which will place the matter in ale is painful point of view than at present. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE.—A man who has been residing in Scarborough several years, and in very poor circumstances, has recently become possessed of considerable wealth, which has been left to him by a brother. The pro perty consists of a considerable sum of money, and a very extensive and valuable estate in the county of Cavan. His name is James Gilmer ; and it appears he was born of highly respectable parents, but had fallen into disgrace with his friends, and had had no communication with them for the last thirty years. Gilmer was designed by his family for the medical profession, having studied at Edinburgh, in the ,VifBtir, 2, and 3. Owing to family aissensions, Gilmer then entered into the army as a private soldier, and was many years in the Royal Artillery ; when having obtained his discharge, he became a "traveller" with tapes and thread, &c.—visiting most parts of the kingdom in this ca pacity. At length he settled at Scarborough, and opened a vagrants' lodging-house, which he has conducted many years. The discovery of this great wealth was through an advertise ment in the newspapers. Gilmer appears never to have fol lowed his original profession, with the exception of going a single voyage to America, as surgeon, in the Regent emigrant vessel from null, about six years ago. He passed through York by the mail on Tuesday last, on his way to Ireland, to take possession of his suddenly acquired wealth.— Yorkshirernan. A CAPITAL SPARROW BUTCHER.—We learn from a country paper that a few days ago a person at Wiley, or Willy, in Wilts, laid a train of seeds on the snow for the pur pose of attracting sparrows and such small birds. They came as he expected; and, " with nothing but a common partridge gun" he valiantly took hisstand against the said sparrows, and got three shots at them through a hole in the barn door.— " At the first shot, he picked up ninety-five dead 'uns ; one hundred and fifty-three at the second ; and sixty-eight at the third, making three hundred and sixteen at three shots, to say nothing of the wounded that hopped away ! !" some hundreds of them perhaps, very handsomely mangled, and they may be many days a dying ; but that's their look out and not ours, as the Battersea Pigeon-manglers say.--As a pendant to the above extraordinary feat we find in the same paper the follow. ing pathetic announcement :—" A monument is preparing to the memory of the late Mr. Joseph Manton, the celebrated gunmaker, who was buried, last July, in the Cemetery at Kensington. Several epitaphs have been prepared by his late patrons, at the request of his family and sporting friends, and the one chosen is the following, by Colonel P. Hawker : In memory of Mr. Joseph Manton, who died, universally re gretted, on the 29th day of June, 1835, aged 69. This humble tablet is placed here, by his afflicted family, merely to mark where are deposited his mortal remains. But an ever lasting monument to his unrivalled genius is already esta blished in every quarter of the globe, by his celebrity as the greatest artist in fire-arms that ever the world produced, as the founder and the father of the modern gun-trade, and as a most scientific inventor in other departments, not only for the benefit of his friends and the sporting world, but for the good of his King and country.' " DREADFUL FIRE AT SOUTH HETTON COL LIERY.-On Saturday last, about seven o'clock in the evening, the No. 1, Engine House, of South Hetton Colliery, in this county, the property of Colonel Braddyll, was discovered to be on fire. It appears to have originated in a closet contain ing hemp for the use of the engines, and was first discovered by the brakeman. At that time there were two men down the shaft of the pit, at the depth of nearly 100 fathoms, re pairing the wood brattices, preparing for the regular work ing of coal on the Monday following. The brakeman had the presence of mind to hasten immediately to the machine, is order to get the men to bank. By the time this was ac- complished, the flames had reached nearly half way up the building, which was composed entirely of wood, and were spreading with great rapidity. Mr. Turnbull, the enginee r of the colliery, was on the spot in a_few minutes, and fiuding that the flames had reached the top of the building, caused the fire-engine to play copiously on the main braces, to pre vent the flames communicating with the main framing ; but seeing that the raging element could not be easily subdued, Mr. Turnbull immediately flew to the maim braces, and a s • the only means of reselling the main engine , (which was o f greater consequence than the one which . had been destroyed), at great peril cut the braces through w:ih a saw, in order to sever the connection of the pullies with the main framing. Another engine arrived from Hetton in about an hour after wards, and rendered very efficient service. During the time the above was taking place, sparks or flakes of fire, from the burning mass, f e ll on th e s h e d s w hich cover eight screens, and which, t o prevent cl - eery, were coated with coal tar , and entirely consumed them. The ' scene at this time was awfully grand, and the colliery fire was see,-, Lein in an elevated part of the country, the from Durham, the Newcastle road, and various Parts of the surrounding neighbourhood. Immediately after Mr. q:nrnbullhad succeeded in breaking the connexion be twr.:eil the main braces and the main framing, the whole of the machinery, with an engine of sixty-horse power, fell with a tremendous crash. By the fall, the immense fly-wheels and planes were broken to fragments, the cylinder tops destroyed, the main levers broken to pieces; th e cy li n d er nozzles, and connecting rods being the only parts capable of repair or use. Had not the fire been arrested whe n an d where it was, or bad the wind been high at the time, the whole of the splendid ma chinery must have been destroyed ; and th e p ro b a b ility is that the engines, &c., would, in their fall, have cl ose d t h e shafts of the pit; thus destroying immense property, depriving a num ber of families of employment for many months, and, perhapt i the individuals in the pit, of life.—.Sunderland Herald. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS, ASSITItANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, Number Dividend i ricc of rer per Shares. Annum. Paid. Stntrt ~7ro 6; pet cent. Milton and 01dham..../..verage 97t 18s, A. 162 1.481 61. AshhyAle_l3..Zouch .........Average 113/. oh. 65 ; I,`!.rio Basingstoke . INV. Si. 51 1005 5/. - Brecknocr. ~..nd Abergavenny -11 14 OA' •. 4,0045 h. 1 2 1 . 10 s. BirmingNarn , 1 . 16 th shard ~..•.• ~.••;IT t 1,, 1291 4,00-1 Ditto a ,, rl LiverponlJioV.t.. atifil..4..;li. all pd 30i 615) BridgeWattr mitt Tall:dun -.100/. sh. all pd 6-!. - 400 ;•/. Clrehner and Black Water . A vetitr, ;111. 25:70d')11... sh.. 1'12 % 500 421, Coventry 4,5'«i rroplon 2,ofittl oi, lOs. Dudley .... 6141 - 6/. I )erliv TN li 18 20,000 • , u•ulfilw Mi t BA 3,575-t ~ P .nube aml Maynt••• •• ••lif. BZ. 41. Bit pd 8 'V' ,„ .... E ll etilllVtle Mid the'stet• ••lkterage 1331. sh. 85 431 ' nre, Wath., ..,•••.: .. tut 'OOl. sh. 400 / :2 5 7 2 4 /.. fOrth an , 2l . tl\nle . Average u11.;;;8. sh. 600 1,F , 00 121, Grand J1111:•,' - .. Ott/. sh. 226 .:`,8494 TIMM Union 100/. sh. 26 1,5f1 tv,,,..,. Grand Surrey lOO/. eh. 10,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 3,tttil Grand Western , to. ..... 10 1. sh all pd 19 611 0 131. 12s. 13d. Glamorganehire, AVeta'ge cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 280 1,960 Glottc"ster find Berkley iottl. sh. 15 749 10t. (Itatithafil 150/. sh. 202 6,2:3A 1/, 1113 ktkikta CTS fit Id Average 571. 6s. Gd. sh. 30 100 Kensington 100 sh 11l pd. 10 5,n4 1/, Kennet and Avon, Average 321.85. 10d. sh. 2 t 2,597 20/, Leeds and Liverpool - ((Wi sh. 510 515 12/. I.eicester l4Ol sh. 1464 907 41. Leicester i',11,1 Northamplon-Aver 531. lips. 78 550 M. per cent. ttiAtithl and I.ooe Union 25 1 . sh. all pd 2,409 SW. .1 - .nittrionthsliire lOO/. sh. 1510 250 91, Melton Mowbray 1001 sh.e 200 500 251, Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 57 0 3,000 Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 56 247 15/. Neath 1001. sh 300 100 1,786 321, Oxford . 1001. sh. 100 511 21. Oakham I'3o/. sh. 38 2,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 105 :1,418 140. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. Ifis. FA. sh. 15;1 5,669 5/. per cent. Itochdale Average £3 0 .1. sh. 112 500 Si. Shropshire 1'251. sh. 140 800 10/. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 160 45,00/. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fond Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 12 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690 5011 111. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 245 300 SI. Stourbridge 3,647 IL Ills. Stratford-on-Avail ...Average 701. 9s. kl. sh. 39 533 131. Swansea 100/. oh. 215 3,762 IL Severn and Wye and Railway ...Ar. 351. sh. 18 1,04 an. : 1 21. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share 100/. sh. 620 8,149 Thames and Medway...Aver. till. ss. Sd. sh. '2 1,0005h.1 151 Warwick and Birmingham lOO/. sh. 280 000-ish.) 9AO 11 , .. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 220 6,000 31. lOs Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7B/.B*. sh. 85 5,000 255. Wilts and Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Sd. sh. 19 800 61, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 Wisbeach 905 U. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 22, DOCKS. CANALS. 246MS ' }3p. c. Commercial lOOl. sb. 57 1,06345 h s 1,98,667f1. 4 per cent. East India Stock 108 3,238,3101/. 50s. p.ct. London Stock 54 Ditto Bonds ,380,000/. 5/. per ct. West India 2400 3/. Os. 441. Bristol Average 1471. 19s. sh. 1.5 68,324/. Si. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1,352,752 3p , r cent. St. Katharine Stock 854 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 101.; Shoreham Harbour Deptford Pier "01. sh. 3/. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 1/. Hammersmith 5O/. sh. 23 7,231 Southwark, ok4 Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 158. Ditto, New, of 7 3 , per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 I/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 24 5,000 19s. Id. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 201 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,818 17s. Vauxhall Average 491. Os. Od. sh. 2.500 ASSURANCE CO3IPASIES. 2,000 31 lOs Albite 5001. sh. 501. pd 761 • 5 1 ,000 f 5 and Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 101. pd 12 i 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 5e 24,000 q 1 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. Si. pd 131 1,200 }sh. 4/. Birmingham Fire 0 50/. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. al. 5/. pd 61 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life, ICOI. sh. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 2/ 10s County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 10,000 ss. Eagle 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 6 Economic Life lOO O l. sh. 250/. pd 375 [ll' :r3 o 7 b n s t. . l 2,271 si/. per cent. European Life `)01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New "'W. sh. '2l. pd 11. 12s. 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 158 20,000 1/. Guardian 100/. sh. 20/. pd 37 mi ., Fire 5 p ct.l 000 Life 8 p ct.. 5 Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 61 _ _ 2,400 Si. 73. 6 _d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 120 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd II 13,458 109.6d.'ner sh. Indemnity Marine Irol. sh. Si. pd 151 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 29 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 28 3,900 31.000 London, Ship 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 16 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ Os Od 250,000 Is. ad. Protector Fire 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1117 v Od 2,500 11. Provident Life 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 2/. pd MI 609,220. 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 202 Sun 2lO 70 14-1/. 10,000 45,000 2,000 ...... 30,000 20,000 3 per cent, 25,000 20,000 20,000 12,500 2,600 1,(TO N. per cent, 800 • • • 00000 8,000 4,000 10,000 2,000 10,000 31. S. 6,0;0 1,000 woo 10,000 10,000 ...--- 20,0rn ir. los. (YYJO 8,500 31. 20,000 6,155 2,000 11,500 30,000 5,100 1,000 1,500 100 2,000 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 5; 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2!. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 49/. pd 641 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 13 19,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .... 5O/. sh. 5!. pd 14 18,000 2 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 15/. pd 241 3,000 Lancaster 100/. sh. 204 pd 30 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 10/. pd 17 30,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 1001 sh. 101 pa . 2..., Discount 00,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 20/ pd 351 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. pd est,' CO 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland V/. sh. 114. pd 104 10,000 National Provincial Eng. -100/. sh. 251. pd 274 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 74/. pd 15 6,000 ...... ... Hampshire 50/. sh. 5!. pd 8 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1112 s Bath 2O/. sh. If!. pd 25 5,000 61. per cent. British r 5/.percent.l 404 sh. 161. pd 211 " ouo Land Bs. 55.3 Ditto Provincial 814 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 105 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2o' sh. 40 1,500 ...... ... Brighton 20/. sh. 131 750 ... ... ... Ditto, New 2 01 . all. 18/. pd 12 '2,471. 5 per cent. Brighton General 20!. sh. all pd 19 4,000 3/. Continental Cansolidated lOO4 511/. pd 95 1,000 • 10/. City of London lOOl. oh. all pd 1,000 6/. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 60/. pd 115 4,000 4/. lea. Equitable 404 pd 31 European Si. pd 44 10,009 5/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 421 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25!. sh. 20/. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent TR. sh. all pd 50 1,50(1 74 per cent. Leeds ... "64 sh. 201. pd 25 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix 501. sit. 38!. pd 221 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff - lOO/. sh. CO/. pd 69 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 13/. pd 8,200 Si. per cent. United General • 50/. sh. 451. pd 351 240 Si. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 115 s Wakefield 25/. sh. 221. 12,000 31. Westminster Chartered 5Ol. sh. 504 6,000 12 Ditto, New 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 91 sco Yarmouth 201. sh. 181 . pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 25!. pd es 4,433 5/. East London lOO/. sh. 1971 4,500 21 10s Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 511 2,000 V. Kent . 100/. sh. 46 ass 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 310 1,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 1/. Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 52 1,000 4 per cent. ;latish London 100/. sh. 84 8,300 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. I2s. 941. sh. 77 1,360 1/ lis York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 351 IRON RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 24 81 660 Bolton and Leigh 2,000 Clarence lOOl. Eh. 100/. pd 45 2,500 19s. Forest of DeaP 50/ pd 28 30,003 (rand Junction 1001. sit. 40/. p 1 It 7 30.0dt1 Great Western lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 39 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pit 8 1 2,100 Hull and Selby 5O/. sh. 4/. pd 10i 2,1110 Leeds and Selhy 100 sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.50/. sh. all pd 18 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/. sh. 100/. pfi 255 Ditto Quarter Shares 0 5/. pd 61 Loughborough -Average 1491. 17s. sh. London and Brightoo ... .... 10 1 1. sh. 5/ pa 2.s Ditto ditto (Gcbliso ...201. sh. 1/ pd t ., Ditto ditto (Rennie) London and Blackwall 50/ sh. :3/ pd 3 Londo , and Dover 50/. oh. I/. pd 1 London and Gravesend ..20/ sh 1/. pd 01 London and Greenwich 0 0/. sic 20/. pd 30 London and Birmingham lOOl. sh. 50/. pd 121 London and Southampton ....501. sh. 1 0 1. pd 244 London and Croydon 5/, pd 61 Northern and Eastern lOO4 sh. 3/. pd 4 4 North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 14 Preston and Wigan 3O/. pd Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3/. pd He Stockton and Darlington lON. sh. 240 Durham Junction 1001. sh. 10!. pd MINES. Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 04 Alten 15/. sh. 10/. 100 pd 7; Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 5 Ditto Subscription .9-5/. pd 51 Bolanos • 150/. sh all pd 130 Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm. 35/. sh. 20/ pd 22 Macaidias is Cocacs United 251. sh. 22/. pd 101 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 84!. pd 6 Cats Branca Cu!.l 0 81 Candonga 7:41. pd fit Copiapo 2O/. sh .124/ NI 18 Bolivar Copper Company 20!. sh. 201. pd 104 Ditro Scrip 4/. pd 51 British Iron 50/. sh. 5 0 /. I'd 39 4 British Copper , 1 sh. 341. pd. 51 Colombian, iss. 5/. pm. English General Mining Assoclation...2o/. sh. IS!. pd 9 Mexican Company 10 0 /. sh 513!. p 24 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. Si. pd Real del Monte, Unregistered l9l Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 135 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....40/. sh. all pd 31 Dit+o Scrip 3l Ditto Subscription 2/. pd Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 41 Union Gold, las. 21.55. pm.... 224/. sh. 43/. pd West Cork 501/. sh. 50/. pd :37 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. London with Bronze Ticket 7 5gs. sh. 20 1 Lond , sn ' University 100/. sh. all pd 25 Russell 25gs. sh 8 King' College 100 /. pd 50 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 1;0 1 1 I. os. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 20/. pd 42 1 Auction Mart 50/. sh. 19 6,0110 British American Land Company l3/. pd 101 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 109/. sh. 20!. pd 39 290,000 51 per cent. Upper Canada Loan 103 City Bonds, 4 per cent 15,000 1/. per cent. General Steam Navigation ...15!. sh. 13/. pd '25 IN. per rent. Hudson's Bay Stock 1/. London Com. Sale Rooms AV. 751. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company WI pd 191 2,751 5/. per cent Reversionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. 100/. pd 130; 2,033 5/. per cont. Ditto New 1001. sh. 45!. pd 71 1,000 1 homes Tunnel .501. sh. all pd 8 10,1431) Van Diemei.'s Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd 15 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES; MARCH 26, 1836. BANKS. 1,500,00e1. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland ......S3l. (is 841. sh. all pd 1 73 /. 2,000,01(1. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland loot. sh. all pd 1 704 500,0111. to p. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. sll pd 240/. 3,000,041. 0!. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 100/..pd 180 /- 5,000000/. sp. ct. National lOO/. sh. 10/. Pd %V 2,01) , ,0 11 01. 41. p. ct. Glasgow Union 25 0 /. sh. 50/. pd i.,000, , 11 OZ. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 361 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 2: :,0 0 0 0 0 0sh GI S p. p. ct. ct S l c n o s t u t r i a sl n i e U e Union 201. se 0t1and.12.7.02.1011. . 1 : sh..h sh. 101.:1:0011111:: pd ), , d (t II 1 1 4 951 / 2:52 1 i:1 0 0o : 5 ' s li t:. lalli. pd d pd 2 7 5 /10 s pd p - ,500 5 p. ct. Hercules 50,000 6p. ct. North British 1,0 00 sp. et. Caledonian Fire s h. oi, . 104 pd 14/104 5, 000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 1 00 3 ow 4p. c t Ed .West inm . l o sn f cti Scotland E(4LiLA at. ° C a lj nl . l 1 . 0 0 . .. , 5 1 2 . 1 / 8 . . sh. all pd 651 . 4,810 ......... Ditto Allocated 5,400 5 per cent. Etlinb. Joint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all pd 371 . Carron Iron Company 9 50/. sh. all pd 456/. 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery... ...... 501. sh. 3m/. pd 25/. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ....22205511.1..55h5hh.:1a62/111. Pd d i p td d 6 iit i ... 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 4,450 1 Oper7cent. Glasgow Gas 750 6 per cent. Le ith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 37L 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Companylway...so/. sty. 3,000' be per ceat. Equitable Loan 251 sh. 91 pd 10! , 2 - .500 HE SUN, LONDON, WE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. tioVsT Lortml, Ailien I'6 bib) ditANCELhon took hl§ teat WI the IVoblsack at tht ittual • • • • MUNICIPAL RI Fon.,Nl oat LAND) BILL. Mr r , O uac ertial; attbia by Mr. 0 1 Connell, Lord Morpeth , and several other Members of the Commons, ,nought in this Bill, which was laid on the table. IRISH BANKRUPTCY COURT BILL. Lord PLUNKETT brought up the Report of the Com mittee on this Bill. THIRD READINGS. nit Abolition of Slavery (Spain) Bill, the Annual Indem nity Bill, and the School Sites Conveyance Bill, were seve rally read a third time. OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from St. Mary, Nlaldon, in Essex, praying for the better observance of the Lord's Day. SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a petition 'rom the superintendents of the Sunday Schools of Brad 'ord, praying for some alteration in the law relating to them. STAMP DUTIES. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from Deptford, praying for the total repeal of the Stamp Duties upon Newspapers. MUNICIPAL REFORM (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MELBOURNE, in proposing that this Bill be read a first time, gave notice that on Monday, the 18th of April, he would move that the Bill be read a second time.—The Bill was then read a first time. Lord L Y N DHU R ST presented a petition from certain per sons who had instituted writs of quo warranto, to set aside the appointments of certain Magistrates under the Municipal Re form Act, begging that House not to proceed to the second reading of the Municipal Reform Acts Amendment Bill. MUNICIPAL REFORM ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second reading of this Bill did not think it necessary to occupy much of their Lordships' time, but the inconveniences which arose from certain discussions in the Bill of last year rendered it neces sary as must be evident to every Noble Lord that some amend ment should be made to facilitate the operation of the provisions of that Act. He would not go into details of the provisions of the present Bill for the amendment of the Act of last Session, but he begged to call their Lordships' attention to some of the most important of them. The first inconvenience had arisen from the wording of the provisions of the Bill of last Session, and on the 38th section of it, which provided for the election of the mayor. In consequence of the time of the election being dif ferent in some places from the period, at which they entered on their official duties, some inconvenience had arisen, and the first clause of the present Bill was to set that question at rest. The Noble and Learned Lord, after referring to the elections being taken in the presence of the mayor and asses sors, and also to the burgess roll, proceeded to state that it was provided by the Act of last session, that upon each election the poll should always be kept open from nine o'clock till four, in the event of there being an op position, but it made no provision in the event of there being no opposition, and the consequence was a great deal of unne cessary labour. Under these circumstances the present bill proposed, that in consequence of there being no contest the poll should be kept open only one hour.—( Hear, hear.) Another of the difficulties arising from the Act of last session, was in the 31st section, which providedthat those councillors who had the smallest number of votes, should first go out of office ; when the votes were equal, the council decided which should go out ; but where no contests had taken place that criterion could not exist, and the present Bill was intended to remedy that. In the 38th section, the most important of all difficulties had arisen. That clause extinguished certain offices, and provided at the same time that the sessions should still go on as if that Act had not been passed. Now, by the charter of some of these towns, the mayor and other officers abolished,were constituted part of the quorum to preside at these sessions—without them the sessions could not be held. This Bill would remedy that difficulty. There was another inconvenience arising from the separation of the charity funds from the other funds of the corporation, as the Bank of England, and some other public bodies, had in consequence refused to pay dividends, not knowing whether they belonged to the charity or the funds of the Corporation. After pointing out some other inconve niences and defects to be remedied, the Noble and Learned Lord moved that the Bill be now read a second time. The Duke of WELLINGTON did not mean to Oppose the proposition of the Noble and Learned Lord, but complained that after the Bill had been under consideration so long a time in the other House, it should be brought forward and forced through that House at a moment when it was impossible that it could receive that consideration and deliberation from their Lordships which it required. Many Noble Lords who had taken an active part in the measure of lest Session were not then present;' and it was that consideration which induced him (the Duke of Wellington) to request of the Noble Vis count opposite to postpone the measure until those Noble Lords were in their places. The Nohle and Learned Lord had left unexplained many points in what he considered a very important measure, and he had omitted to point out that one important alteration had been made on the last day on which the Bill had left the other House, without having been pro. perly explained either there or to their Lordships. There was another part of the Bill enabling the burgesses to elect Aldermen after a certain period, in case the Town Council had not done so. This principle of the Aldermen being elected by the Council was departed from in the Bill. Under these circumstances he thought the House had a right to have a fair o pp ortunit y of I discussing the subject upon its principles. He did not by any means wish to impede the course of the Government ; but he thought the House had a right to expect to be treated fairly upon a question of this description; and ought to have not only an opportunity of discussing its principles on going into Committee, but also upon the second reading. He would not further oppose the motion, but he. must enter his protest against the course taken upon the Bill. Viscount MELBOURNE had every wish to give every Noble Lord an opportunity of considering all the Bilts which came before the House.--( Hear, hear.) His Par liamentary experience told bim that it was impossible to press forward any Bill against the wish of even a small minority in that House, letting alone the wish of the Noble Duke, filling the position which he did. He went entirely upon the notion that there could be no serious objection to the Bill, and he had most distinctly stated that if in the mind of any Noble Lord there was the slightest objec tion to it, he would have been most willing to give way and not proceed with the Bill until after the recess. The Noble Duke had complained most loudly that this bill was brought up at a time when Noble Lords were not present to take part in its disclission. It must be remembered that for merly the complaints were that Bills were never brought up to that House in proper time. That Bill bad been brought up at a much earlier period than Bills formerly used to be, and it ought to be borne in mind that if Noble Lords did not attend in their places,it would be useless to bring upßills at an early period. The House had no right to be called upon to wait for the con venience of Noble Lords; it was their duty to attend in their places when business of such importance was brought on at any period of the Session, but more especially at this early period. The Bill was filled with matters of regulations and detail, which could be considered only in Committee. If Noble Lords intended that the Bill should go into Committee, the proper time for the second reading was now, in order that the Com mittee might be had as soon after the recess as possible. Lord L YND HUR ST said that as the Bill had occupied three months in the other House, it would be but fair that that House should have some time allowed for the considera tion of its details and principles. He would not oppose the second reading of the Bill—still he was obliged to inform their Lordships that there were some clauses of an ex post facto nature, which it would be his duty to oppose. No person could entertain any doubt that the appointment of many of the Councillors was invalid. One of the provisions of the Bill was to render the appointment of those Council lors valid and legal. He begged the House to consider what would be the effect of it. There were some individuals who held offices in the old Corporations of trust and profit. They were to be removed by these new Councillors acting without any legal authority ; they had been deprived of their offices and emoluments, although they were entitled at the present moment to hold those offices and emolpments. Now, if the House lay this Bill rendered the appointment of these Councillors up to the 25th of September, they would in effect deprive those individuals of those emoluments. He thought the House would pause before they passed a Bill having such an effect.—(Hear, -hear.) Another point was, if the House made the appointments legal by the hp r presentids oin n. A done o such ewould a Another b rthe Bill, n thethe caserefusalesubject an icourtl legaachdt in h of lv al any s te theQ parties tuaer t t eyeeor power concur o Session. o n f c t u a r courti n e Twhathof of and law, ey they aimhdi and a been illegally held, and notwithstanding they convicted prisoners of felony, those convictions were illegal : still if the present Bill passed, the men who had been illegally convicted were to be p r onounced as having been convicted legally. He trusted on the whole the Noble Viscount would take the principleo fine Bill into his serious consideration before he sanctioned it fur ther.—The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES. Lord WHA RNCLIFFE moved for a return of the Magis trates appointed under the Municipal Corporations Act, since the last returns had been furnished. The Noble Lord stated, that he should be able to show there never had before been such a system of political appointments of Magistrates as under that Act. STAFFORD DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that he should, on the 15th of next month, move for the second read ing of the Stafford Disfranchisement Bill. Lord LYNDHURST wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord (the Marquis of Clanricarde) to permit evidence to be given at the bar of the House relative to the Bill, because otherwise he believed it would be the only instance of such a Bill having been read a second time without evidence being given.—(Hear, hear, from the Opposition. ) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that when the time came for him to move the second reading he should state upon what grounds he did so. The Earl of HARROVVBY presented a petition from the Freemen of Stafford, praying that they might be heard by counsel at the Bar. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to know from the Noble Viscount when he intended to adjourn the House, and to what time ? Lord MELBOURNE said he should move an adjournment of the House to-morrow until Tuesday the 12th of April. SALE OF BREAD BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the second reading of the Sale of Bread Bill ; and stated that after the recess, he should move that it be referred to a Select Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. BILL. Mr. HALL presented a petition from certain proprietors of the Glamorgan Canal, complaining that the standing orders had not been complied with by the promoters of this Bill, and praying the Committee on the standing orders with respect to this Bill might be revived. It was necessary, before a Bill of this na ture were introduced, that notice of it should be inserted two successive weeks in the county papers. The promoters of this Bill had inserted notice only once. On this ground, be moved that the petition be referred to the Committee.—Agreed to. NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNE presented a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and common-councilmen of Newcastle-on- Tyne,in favour of the North of England Railway Bill. DURHAM RAILWAY. Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a petition from South Durham, against certain clauses in the Durham Railway Bill. ULSTER CANAL. Mr. EMMERSON TENNENT moved the revival of the Committee on the Ulster Canal Bill. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. Mr. PARKER presented a petition in favour of the Mid land Counties Railway Bill. BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Surrey, against Stephenson's line of Railway. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. Sir T. TROUBRIDGE presented a petition against the South Eastern Railway. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition from Andover, pray ing for an extension of time for building poor-houses. ARTS OF DESIGN. Mr. BARLOW HOY presented a petition, we understood from Southampton, praying for the establishment of a Na-_ tional Institution for the promotion of Arts of Design. PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE RAILWAY BILL. Mr. H. FLEETWOOD moved the second reading of this WINDOW TAX. Lord E A STNOR presented a petition from Worthing praying for a remission of the Window Tax in houses not oc cupied. Also a petition from Steyning praying for an ex tension of the time for building poor houses. MEDICAL ATTENDANCE ON THE POOR. The NOBLE Loan then presented a petition from 64 most respectable medical men of Surrey to which he was most anxious to call the attention of the House. They complained of the great hardship and inconvenience of the system adopted by the guardians of the poor in emplo3 ing medical men to at tend the poor, by contracting with them for attending extensive districts.—( Hear, hear.) They complained that the poor were obliged to apply to the parish officers before they could obtain medical a►d, and they were consequently obliged to remain sometimes several days without assistance. The petitioners prayed that a Committee would be appointed to investigate the subject, but it was not his (Lord Eastnor's) intention at present to do so. Before he sat down, he would say another word. He had read with attention that part of the Report of the Poor Law Commissioners, but he must say that he felt convinced that the observations made by the gentlemen on that circuit were not satisfactory ; and it was most desirable that the subject should be taken into their most serious consi deration.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. F. MAUL E would not enter into the subject further at present, than simply to say that he was sure the subject would receive the most serious consideration from the Poor Law Commissioners. Sir C. BURRELL must say that it was necessary that they should take into consideration the remuneration given to surgeons. That remuneration was so trifling, and the dis tance they had to go was sometimes so great, that it was im possible that any man could do justice to himself and justice to the poor.—( Hear, hear.) RAILROADS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from the Provost, Ma gistrates, and Town-Council of Glasgow, under the common seal, praying that in order to protect the capital employed in the improvement of turnpike roads in Scotland, a Committee might be appointed to take into consideration the subject of railroads, with a view to their being taken up on enlarged and sound principles. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from a parish in Buckingham, praying for the aboli tion of Church Rates. Lord E. SOMERSET presented a petition from the guardians of the poor of a place in Cheshire, praying' for an extension of time for payment of the building of workhouses. Sir C. B. VE RE presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of a place in East Suffolk, praying for a repeal of the additional Duties on Spirit Licences ; also one complain ing of Agricultural Distress. Mr. LENNARD presented a petition from the Guardians of the Poor of Maldon, praying for an extension of the time for building Workhouses; from Brighton, praying for the repeal of the Soap Duties ; and one from the Licenced Vic tuallers, complaining of the additional duty for Spirit Licences. Sir W. BR ABA% ON presented a petition from the inha bitants of Ballysatecoy, county Mayo, praying for the total extinction of tiihcs. Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the prayer of this peti tion, and stated that it was particularly deserving the attention of the House, as being the united voice of the Protestants, Presbyterians, and Catholics of the parish.—( Hear.) It was signed by the Churchwardens, the Presbyterian Minister, the Parish Priest, and also by the Magistrates of the Parish, thus affording the strongest testimony to the anxious desire, of the nation to be relieved from this odious impost. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from Ashby De-la-'Louth, complaining of agricultural distress, and tray in.- ° for protection. Referred to the Agricultural Committee. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Mr. WARBURTON presented two petitions from medical practitioners, one residing in the neighbourhood of Bath, the other in the neighbourhood of London, praying for compensa tion when attending Coroners' Inquests, especially in cases where they made an anatomical examination of the body. LEGACY DUTY. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from an indivi dual, named Robinson, praying that charitable bequests should be exempt from legacy duty. STAMP DUTIES (ATTORNEYS). Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from certain inhabi tants of Bath for the reduction of the Stamp duties on the admission of Attorneys. Also one from the inhabitants of a place in Somersetshire, praying for the repeal of the News paper duties. MUNICIPAL REFORM. Mr. WIGNEY presented petitions from Brighton against he 27th clause in the Municipal Reform Act, commonly called .he rate-paying clauses: also another in favour of vote by ballot. He thought it right to state that when these petitions were sent to him from the post-office, they were charged five guineas postage • and when a person went to the post-office on the subject ;he money was returned, and he was informed that it was merely a matter of form, and a polite letter was sent to him explaining the cause. It was desirable that Members should know what sort of petitions they might receive—how sent, and what weight they should be to come free of charge. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a petition from certain master seamen of merchant vessels, praying that some regula tions might be adopted to prevent the waste of human life oc casioned by the unseaworthiness of vessels; also that measures should be adopted whereby the qualification of persons under taking the management of ships might be ascertained, as many shipwrecks had been occasioned in consequence of the unfit ness of persons appointed to the command of vessels. — The• Honourable Member also presented a petition from the Master Mariners of Teignmouth, praying that in any alteration which might be made respecting light-houses, the pensions now granted by the Corporation of Trinity-house should not be interfered with. AN INFERNAL MACHINE. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES presente d a petition from a native of Switzerland, complaining of a breach of contract on the part of our Government, in respect to a new machine, invented by the petitioner, to be used in war. The ma chine was capable of discharging thirty-six bullets in a mi nute, and the petitioner had agreed for the sum of 10,000/. to increase its power to 96 bullets a minute. The sum agreed upon, between petitioner and the representative of our Govern ment was 10,0001., but on the day appointed for the trial of the machine he, by the advice of a mutual friend, caused it to explode, in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Russian Government. It appeared further that Mr. Bligh ti , th oner e ßritish Minister, en tered into a contract with the pßr and sum of 3,300/. (as we understood the Hon. Member), and he now prayed that the British Government would ratify the contract made by its Minister. There were various other allegations in the petition which he did not think it necessary to refer to ; but he further stated that the Russian Government, finding that the petitioner did not perfect his contract, had caused him to be thrown into gaol, where he remained twelve months. On his arrival in England, he had gone to the Foreign Office, where he bad received 50/. Mr. GISBORNE—That is not in the petition. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES admitted it was not, but he wished the case should be fully stated. Mr. GISBORNE would not detain the House many mo ments, while making a few observations on the very unintelli gible petition that had just been presented. The petitioner ' stated that the British Minister, Mr. Bligh, had entered into a contract with him for the sale of what a Morning Paper called " An Infernal Machine." That was not the fact. No expectations whatever were held out that the British Go- NESDAY, 'MARCH 30, iS)6, HOUSE OP COMMONS, MARcu 29. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Lard CHARLES SOMERSET brought up the Report of ,tllb dortimiteb,onth4 Or cat Western Railway Bill: BIRMINGHAM; BRISTCH:, A,NII.THAMES JUNC TION RAILWAY. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from 318 Thames wa termen, in favour of the above Bill. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Lord G. LENNOX, from 600 inhabitants of Vauxhall; Mr. BYNG, from 800 inhabitants of Chelsea; and Mr. CLAY, from Westminster. On the motion of the latter Hon. Members the Bill was then read a second time. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CLAIMS. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from Pollockshaws, in Renfrewshire, in favour of the claims of the above gentleman. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. Mr. GLADSTONE presented a petition from a place in Leicestershire in favour of the above Bill. Mr. CHALMERS moved the second reading of the Writers to the Signet Widow's Fund Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Bath in favour of the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, and one from Bury St. Edmund's against the Assize Hall Bill for that town. LAMBETH IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. HAWES the above Bill was read a second time. MERTHYR TIDVIL AND CARDIFF RAILWAY vernment would ever purchase such a machine.—(Hear, bear.) The first statement in the petition was, that on the 30ti. of September, 1834, he signed an agreement by which possession of the machine was to be had by that Government alone, for the consideration of 10,0001. This agreement was simply entered into, and the patty proposed that Mr. Bligh should prbpdse to the British Government to purchase the machine. Mr. Bligh refused to do so. Within six months the party again came to Mr. Bligh; and he adVaneed him 2,000/. and odd for the purpoo6 of transporting the rmtchine to England. It was attempted to tce geiteff by the Ociteirr- , ment of Russia, on account of the demand* droji upori it but they did not succeed. He was sorry that the Petition had been presented in the absence of the Noble Secretary fei reign Affairs ; but he trusted it would meet with the approba tion of the House. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition from two hundred persons, resident in the city of Worcester, stating that the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill would subject them to Poor-rates for the small cottages they occupied, and pray ing the House not to pass the Bill with such provisions. LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Mr. HOPE presented a petition from the Licensed Vie. luallers of Gloucester, . against any additional duty on spirit licenses. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY BILL. The order of the day was then moved for the further consi deration of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bill. Mr. RICHARDS stated that he had an amendment to propose. The line had been originally proposed to pass in front of the mansion house of Mr. Spurrier, a most respect able gentleman in Birmingham. He objected to this line going before his house, and requested the committee to carry it along at the back of his house. A clause had been inserted, specifying dis tinctly that the line v, as to pass behind, but afterwards in the 7th page, another clause had been introduced, autho rising the Company to deviate from the plan so agreed upon, not exceeding a distance of one hundred yards. The gentleman asked for no more than t 3 have the agreement entered into in the Committee carried into effect. Eminent lawyers had been consulted upon the clause, and they had given it as their opinion that, as the clause stood, the Company had the right to go through the manor-house of the petitioner. He hoped the Noble Lord (the Chairman of the Committee) would agree to expunge the clause, otherwise he would feel it his duty to divide the House upon it. Lord G. SOMERSET was very anxious that the peti tioner should be relieved, but as he had been heard before the Committee in the most full manner, he must object to the clause being introduced on the bringing up of the Report. He therefore called upon the House to resist the motion of the Hon. Member. Mr. TOOKE thought the clause was sufficiently explicit for the protection of the individual. Mr. O'CONNELL—What harm can there be in having it so specified particularly in the bill ? Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that it appeared to him that all parties were agreed in the same object—namely, the pro tection of the petitioner. He suggested that they should meet and agree upon the manner in which that could best be done. Lord G. SOMERSET wished to know if it was the opi nion of the House that clauses should be at that stage intro duced, and not as they used to be in Committee. Mr. GOULBURN hoped, after the expression of the opi nion of the House, the Noble Lord would not persevere. Mr. RICHARDS was willing to withdraw the clause, or the understanding, that if the parties did not agree in the mean time, he was to be at liberty to bring it on again. In reply to a question from Mr. POTTER, An HON. :MEMBER said that the Committee had come to a resolution that no railway should pass a high road on a level. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. Colonel SIBTH 0R P gave notice that he would take the sense of the House on the third readir b , of this Bill, on which occasion he would move that it be read that day six months. Mr. BETHEL complained that the Hon. Member had not given this notice before the parties had incurred so much expense. Mr. RAIKES presented a petition against the Bill. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY BILL. The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Bill was re ported with amendments, after some observations from Mr, Potter, Mr. P. Thompson, and Sir Oswald Moseley. Mr. P. THOMPSON wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman who had the charge of this bill, whether, with regard to ques tion No. 17, with respect to the assents and dissents, the numbers were with reference to the new line, or the whole line taken together. Mr. CHALES RUSSELL (as we understood) stated that it applied only to the new line. APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved for a copy of any circular letter sent from the Under Secretary of the Home Department in or about the month'of October last to the Mayor of any bo rough, relating to the Municipal Corporations Act. Sir R. PEEL believed the Noble Lord had made this mo tion partly with a view that he ( Sir Robert) might solicit from the Noble Lord those explanations with respect to the ap pointment of corporate magistrates of which he had given no tice ; and as he did it upon a motion of the Noble Lord, and in consequence of the intimation of his wish that he should put the. question to him, he trusted he should not be thought by those Gentlemen who had notices preceding his, that he was then improperly interfering in bringing the subject forward at that particular time. The point upon which he wished for explanation from the Noble Lord referred exclusively to the appointment of Justices of the Peace under the Act. of Parliament which had passed in the last Session for the reform of Municipal Corporations. He be lieved it would be admitted by the Noble Lord, and by all those who took a part in the discussion on the Municipal Reform Bill, that there was a clear distinction between the ordinary duties of Corporations, and those connected with the administration of justice. He believed that was distinctly ad mitted by all parties, and by no Hon. Gentleman more clearly than the Noble Lord himself, that while political opinions ought to have some weight in the election for Town-councillors, that while the constituent body might allow those feelings naturally to interfere with their choice in this respect, yet that political opinions ought not to inter fere with the appointment of magistrates, and the administration of justice.—( Hear, hear, hear.) That distinction was fully and justly recognised in the Report of the Commissioners on which the Municipal Reform Bill was founded, and they expressed their opinion of the evil fully in the documents which they submitted to that House. They said it was to be regretted that party spirit had extended itself to the adminis tration of justice—that the Magistrates were generally se lected by the Aldermen, and the Aldermen were generally considered to be political partizans.—( Hear, hear, hear.) And in another part of the report the Commissioners say, with reference to the corporate officers One vice which we regard as inherent in the constitution of Municipal Corpora tions in England and Wales is, that officers chosen for parti cular functions are regarded as a necessary part of the Legis lative body. The notion appears to have originated in times when the separation of constitutional authorities was not un derstood , when legislative, judicial, and executive functions were confounded. The Corporations of England and Wales were originally framed on principles encumbered with this confusion, and have been modified, down to the latest changes, with a scrupulous observance of them." Thus the Report plainly shows the distinction which ought to be preserved between the executive and the judicial functions ; and it is clear that the same spirit of political partisanship which ought not to be excluded from affecting the elections of the Town-councils ought, on the other hand, to be excluded from the selection and appointment o f magisti ates. It is indeed hardly necessary for me to enforce so self-evident a position by argument, for I believe the truth of it is univer sally admittted on all sides of the House. I find, more espe cially, that it is admitted on the part of several Members of the present Government. I find that the Lord Chancellor, in the course of the present Session, stated that, " The Noble Lord who had introduced the measure (Lord J. Russell) had only one object in view, which was to correct any improper bias which might be supposed to be likely to arise in the selection of the individuals to be appointed for the adminis tration of justice in the towns ; and that it was the desire of the Noble Lord to infuse into the body a sufficient number of persons rather opposed in opinion to the views of the present Government." These are the sentiments of the Lord Chan cellor. I find the President of the Council states—" I think that good sense and good feeling are equally manifested in the absence of all political feeling in the selection of ma gistrates ; and I must say that good sense and good feeling alike dictate to the Government that they should select the magistrates without consideration of their political character, when they have been recommended." I appeal, therefore, to the authority of the report upon which the measure was founded, and to the opinions of the colleagues of the Noble Lord, in support of my assumption, that, as far as it is possible, political feeling ought not to have any weight in the nomina tion of magistrates to administer justice in the corporate towns.—( Hear.) On the other hand, lam bound to state to the Noble Lord that in many of these towns there does exist a prevailing feeling that political considerations have not wholly been excluded from the nomination of magistrates. Since the notice I gave of my intention to call the attention of the House to the subject, I have received many communi cations on the subject, showing in what towns the impression prevails ; but I shall select only those as to which I give the Noble Lord notice. Let me then first take the case of Guild ford, in Surrey. I cannot reconcile the nomination of magi strates which has taken place there, with the principle of ap pointment which the Noble Lord admits—viz., that, as far as it was possible, all political feeling shall be excluded from in fluencing such nominations. In Guildford Conservative prin ciples predominate, and the Town Council recommended to the Crown twelve gentlemen as eligible for the commission of the peace, from whom those to be appointed were to be se lected, because twelve were considered too many. Now, of these twelve recommended by the Town Council nine were Conservatives and three Whigs; but in the selection of four which the Noble Lord made, those four were composed of three Whigs and one Conservative.—(Cheers and laughter from the Opposition.) The proportion in which the Town Council re commended the names to the Noble. Lord was as three to one, but the Noble Lord, in making the selection, virtually re versed the preponderance, preserving the proportion of three to one, by choosing three Whigs and one Conservative. —( Hear.) In the town great disappointment was felt that the proportion which their recommendation had suggested had been practi cally reversed.—( Hear, hear.) I will now take the case of Wigan. In this town the Conservative interest did not pre vails—there was not a preponderance of Conservatives in Wigan—(a laugh)—but I mention the case to show that in it also the same political influence which had swayed in the elections of town councillors also swayed the nomination of magistrates, and that in point of fact the magistrates of Wigan have been selected from one class only—a class professing -- --- certain political opinions, while respectable inhabitants, equally eligible, but holding contrary opinions, hav ere been an and are excluded. It appears that eight gentlemen we_it mehus jd as magistrates for Wigan , a nd that the whole eigh were appoi,.,! the magistrates to: in the selection of ed.. Sir, my complaint is, that W ig an, for instance, the Nobii; Lord hai departed from the caclavvo several of the corporate towns in ara. lion which he made—front , 1 .2 e principle which he laid . 0 : that in the nomination of those in whose ha.nds the achninstrao_ tion of justice is ;placed, political feelings ought not to pe w dominate. That, Sir, is my complaint. Now', ingdff, what is the state of the case? Four of the eight rac .. gistratesa appointed for that borough are, 1 believe. coanace as d m in trade-athey are cotton spinners, if I mistake not ; d o , _ great portion co( the duty imposed upon them by their mademf-,G w ith respecrtna_ will Consist of hearing and aetermining the corm: • • masters, by mastell against their men, and men against their nay the Noble Lori Nirglit to have hesitated—at least I, ." 111 ,_ ,• . e hest_ experience should, it II were in the same situation, hat more tated, before I ventured to make such appointments, e .. especially after the Act which has recently passed for ri,gn_ hung the hours of labour in f a ctories.—(Cheers.) That c "ic:i taints I should have thought, would have induced the Noble L It to doubt the policy of selecting four out of eight ma„ from gentlemen who, though no doubt highly respectablcafr,7; fully qualified to discharge the duties of the office, more intimately connected with the trade to which it has more im: - , mediate reference.—( Cheers.) Sir, of these mag,istrates rrl am told that as many as seven out of the eight are gentlerne who are not only strong political partisans of the Government, but were active friends during the last election of the cao" didates for the representation of the borough who stood for ward on the Whig interest.—( Cheers.) lam told that t* o , l istrattil of them were the mover and seconder of the unsuccessfo: candidate in that interest, and I am, moreover, informed. that five more were members of his Committee, and tooft. an active part in the canvass. If, then, the inforrnatibon I have received be correct, and I have every reason for e lieving that it is perfectly accurate, and may be L'in lied on, am I not justified in asserting that, with o,:'n solitary e active exception, the whole of the magistrates of Wigan a." and zealous, though no doubt fair and honourable parts. tans °. the Government, and supporters of one class of politic a,' 0 1- nions—namely, that class to which the Noble Lord by wl: 0 °! they were appointed himself belongs 2—(Great cheering-) plicitly re- Here, then, Sir, is a case in which the Noble Lord has clearly" not adhered to his own principles. Sir, I shall now take 3 town under different circumstances, a town in which great dis satisfaction prevails with respect to the changes which h au l rece ntly been made in the appointment of the magistrates--- shall take the town of Rochester. In Rochester, I believe?, the parties are pretty equally divided—the municipal council consisting of Male members professing one political opinion. ion and nine professing another ; and such was their persuas that the Noble Lord meant rigidly to adhere to the declara tion which he had made, that, after they had failed in appolithtst ing a mayor, owing t o the p ower of the parties on eer side being paralyzed in po int of numbers, being n ine to nine—they did, to their honour, be it said, determine concur in recommending a certain number of individuals tO the Noble Lord as qualified in every respect to fill the office of magistrates in the borough. This recommendation of the d council was accordingly transmitted to the Noble Lord, a ll what the inhabitants of Rochester complain of is, that the Noble Lord made his appointments without any reference whatever to the feelings of the Corporation, or attention W the recommendation which the council had forwarded to hO l i I now come, Sir, to another case, in respect to which gret. dissatisfaction also prevails. I mean the case of the cityns ° Coventry. The city of Coventry , as we all know, contai very considerable population—a very important as well a r s, $ very large, manufacturing population. In the city o,`" 1 7; ventry, undoubtedly, political opinions of one class deci °e `i; predominates over almost the whole, at all events over t b e major part, of the population, and the town council mg. ; said to be composed exclusively of persons whose pni i . n e a sentiments correspond with those of the Government .0 their supporters. What was the result? Why that taffiesVinf council of Coventry sent up to the Noble Lord the n,, twelve gentlemen whom they wished to have nominated 74 magistrates; and I am assured that out of these twelve nall i n ; eleven were those of gentlemen who entertained opitei. corresponding with the opinions held by the town-co nn de (Hear, hear.) I knols Sir, the Noble Lord may sa y that ' had no means of ascettaining whether the parties so reenle; mended to him entertained Conservative or Whig opini el3 o I am fully aware that he may ask me how he was thisobtaii. the knowledge as to whether one gentleman was of the re nion and another of that, and I ain .free to admit that. is very great difficulty in finding our a test on such a pont. i (Cries of " Hear, hear," from the 1111nisterial benches.) i think, however, that I have discovered s t :ch a test by aiP ... ... (Great cheering.) Sir, lam perfectly ready tus inquiring how those gentlemen voted at the; last election; it is extremely difficult for a stranger—for one aCting ling mere communications which he receives—to state s i i g,:d u als positive with respect to the political sentiments of inc. i v ,,i 0 05 with whom he has no personal acquaintance. The el , l ': to of all men, whether in or out of- this House, are liabinee, undergo a change ; and it is, therefore, possible, that in ~a• scribing the politics of others, we may attribute to them 5 :10 timents which they do not really entertain ; but, so far as h . 1' administration of justice is concerned, this is a point on n i u b admit thatbe we should be satisfied. Now, Sir, I contend that if I fin u , t ;n : Great cheering ) whole of the magistracy, or even the major part of them, v e ",i at the last election in a particular manner, I have discover,e:o which I can depend.._( test with respect to the political opinions which they lini u gir I beg also to state that I have no fault. whatever to find 17 0 ‘. I n sny i n g. this, '-'. l ; the way in which the M ag i s t ra t e s of Coventry exercised t hei franchise at the last election, for, having no personal knowledg cted of them, I am bound to believe, as I do believe, that they a conscientiously and with perfect honour on that occasion.-- My complaint, (" Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) to vihic le Sir is , , not that they are personally unfit for the office _ they have been appointed, but that undue partiality has beep shown in the manner in which they h ave been selected.trat (Cheers.) But how did the magistrates of Coventry /toe the last election? Why, out of the twelve, eight 0 1 1 " axe qualified to vote for the city, and the who le of these eight gave their votes for one of the present sitting Members. hig h ot her four were not voters for the city, but one of them, a ge nt e s igl perfectly qualiitcd in every respect both in point of fortuanno, personal respectability—l mean Captain Gregor Y--was of the didate for the representation of the northern division i n t sio county of Warwick in opposition to my Hon. Friend V 4 ° lo la/ behind me. Captain Gregory was proposed on that ce c in a by the mayor, who was another of the four i and the reins:wog two were amongst the most active of the fri en w hol ds of the 0 ", the candidate ;so that I have thus shown that the e 2 Co.. magistrates nominated by the Noble Lord for the city of :do s ventry—a city in which a difference of political opinion selected, that ought to be fairly represented—have :been selece„i.. not without reference to political sentiments, hut.,joas dently because they professed a particular class of °II Jett a which were known to be favourable to the Government.---( . e , s , cheers.) I shall now take the case of Leicester. In lie l ci l,y ter, Sir, I believe, the number of the Magistrates aPPointe t of the Noble Lord below, is ten, and, as I am informed, out these ten eight were not only active members of the Cnnfolis. formed for promoting the return of Messrs. Evans an ' G IWO°, but voted for those gentlemen, and against Messrs. -- ° " 1 „,. of and Gladstone.—( Cheers. ) What is more, onlY °,e-alacl course he was a Tory, voted for Messrs. Goulburn ant'. .. or ao stone, so that it does appear some explanation is calls for the to the reason why the persons nominated as 'Magistrates lo't-,r....- city of Leicester should all belong to one political l ) 1 , 1 t tn. ( Cheers.) I now come Plymouth. to The names of e 1 ht toil dividuals ~,,,,eto were recommended by the town Council of I') 04b as fit and proper persons to act as magistrates for that borarofa, Of these eight, two are the members for that to wn, who , 1 8 0 vourable to the Government; and of the remaining sixn v ",,, can told were supporters of the Noble Lord when he s tood fi l le rs.) didate for the representation of the county ofDevon.--s ' , e 110 - The sixth, a gentleman of the name of Welcome (a s r t il e r derstood) had declined to act; so that, in po int of fa c h " e y all are in Plymouth only seven acting magistrat es, and f. ga ted It profess the same political opinions. —( Cheers.) . i s it expressly that one of these gentlemen, Mr. James Kin,g' h , s i 9 brewer. Now, Sir, the Noble Lord declared that it : 0 c ar' intention to' exclude from the magistracy all per sons "fred is ried on the business of an attorney, or who were na'ing' the occupation of a brewer. Here, then, is Mr. Jafn e i , totO a brewer, nominated as one of the magistrates of t I,oler of Plymouth, and I should like to know how I the o r , ip le stand such an appointment as a vindication of the for his which the Noble Lord told us he had laid down all 0 0 1 1 sha: ‘ s oh' guidance ?—( Cheers.) The town to which allude is Bristol. In Bristol I believe I ma y sta' hat is, certainty that Conservative principles predorninatc,c'orpora that the great majority of the Town Council of the i n ioas' tion of Bristol profess to hold Conservative nePoepiete Notwithstanding that predominance there uas a pin t agreement on the part of the Town Council as to the . 31) ,, c f hi ment of the magistrates, and an evident desire was evM f - t hos e them to exclude all party motives in the election v_tosiont whom they recommended for nomination. After a d , l9 ,Z at i.e s on the subject had taken place, although the Con a ' al l ie abl° were the stronger, the two parties met, and all, 1 its ° agreement was entered into between them, by wili c 1 h ot agreed that each party should recommend trtnL y % tiveN; making an aggregate of twenty-four altogether, one o f th of course of the Conservative party, and the other hi Whig party. There was neither division nor . 0 o ne I , ll h *. either party with respect to these names, exeePt ' ~i . e , vot; stance. The twelve names proposed by each party were' the exception which I have mentioned, unanimously !;`:'. t i h° and recommended to the Noble Lord for selectio. ,l'eau'ropo' did the Noble Lord treat this honourable and usefu l . b i s r' miss ? Sir, the parties in Bristol who consented tOet'' the n I ditable arrangement relied the Noble Lord to conch' but whad mination on the principles which he had laid downs; ‘''' w oo,. was their surprise and indignation on finding names tl'n'' a rty ' of doing so, he selected the whole twelve a) pall had been recommended to him by one (his own) while he excluded all but six of the twelve rec _ ...... 11,01t._ to him by the other (the Conservative) paritco ''selitr, cheers from the Ministerial Benches.) parties If; Lord may perhaps say that some of th e ' dur ing ‘z t i ; beend exclude because they were magistrates. lin 1 :3 .00 distrous riots which unfortunately occurred in Bos t° . e lusl the 0 d the but that can hardly be the principle on which who het ea , rested, inasmuch as he had appointed two parties mr. . 13 .00 office of magistrates in that year, one of whom Fin: the riots bow, who was sheriff of Bristol In 1831 —the tallow 00;610, took place.—( Cheers. ) Now, Sir, I cannot , avoid g 4 l some observations on the exclusion of one 1 g e . rit a e: o ;_ i d e a 7_ , tleman occupying the highest station in 13rist 1 , ' .. ,, 00 in o _. hands admitted to be of the first respectabiityV,'as r a o n Daniel. The exclusion of Mr. Daniel was felt an , oe , o a . : marked, because Mr. Daniel had so far acquire.dha ,e s ofep iai 0 confidence of his fellow-citizens of everyclass a.fifidt.o, de nu o ~,, as to be the party whom they intended appoi 1 i n r, ''..., , in d to Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to c eoy,t.ns"ag say that Mr,•Daniel was excluded on account 1 11,